The FIFA World Ranking | Updated 18 January 2018

Introduced in December 1992, it is a ranking system for national men’s teams which is based on the results of games played among these teams. The current FIFA World ranking was updated on 18 January 2018, according to which Germany, Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina are the Top 4 teams in the world. For a detailed ranking, refer to the table below.

Rank

Country

Points

Previous Rank

1

Germany

1602

1

2

Brazil

1483

2

3

Portugal

1358

3

4

Argentina

1348

4

5

Belgium

1325

5

6

Spain

1231

6

7

Poland

1209

7

8

Switzerland

1190

8

9

France

1183

9

10

Chile

1162

10

11

Peru

1129

11

12

Denmark

1099

12

13

Colombia

1078

13

14

Italy

1052

14

15

Croatia

1048

17

16

England

1047

15

17

Mexico

1032

16

18

Sweden

998

18

19

Wales

985

19

20

Netherlands

959

22

Some Quick Facts about FIFA World Ranking:

Currently, four factors are taken into account to rank a team.

Result of the Match (Win, Loss or a Draw)

Status of the Match (Friendly match, qualifiers match, or finals of any cup)

Strength of the Opposition (Based on current ranking of the opposition)

Regional Strength (Relative strength of the entire confederation of the opposition)

The ranking is also based on the matches over a period of last 48 months.

Germany was the first team to rank as number 1 when this ranking system was introduced in December 1992.

Netherlands and Belgium are among the teams who have reached the top spot in 2012 and 2016 respectively. Unfortunately, both of these teams have never won a world cup.

Every year, 2 different awards are also awarded by FIFA to the teams who perform well in ranking throughout the year. These 2 awards are “Team of the Year” and “Best Mover of the Year”.

Brazil has won the “Team of the Year” award for the most number of times i.e., 12. while Spain is on second place with 6 awards.

“Best Mover of the Year” was awarded to the teams from 1993 to 2006 who has progressed well in ranking. Since 2006, no official award has been given to a team but a list of best Movers has been released by FIFA.

FIFA rankings are published every month on a Thursday. The next expected ranking will be published on 21 December 2017.

According to an announcement made by FIFA, they are reviewing the ranking system and they may make changes in the current ranking system to improve it.

Update: The ranking was updated on January 18, 2018, and Croatia changed its position from 17 to 15 while Iceland made it to Top 20.

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